Mr Charles Stuart FERN (1884 - 1918)

Date of Birth: 01/10/1884
Place of Birth: Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 18/04/1918
Place of Death: Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Parliament
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	2 Dec 1911	18 Apr 1918	6yr(s) 4mth(s) 17day(s)
Member for Cobar	2 Dec 1911	6 Nov 1913	1yr(s) 11mth(s) 5day(s)	22nd (1910 - 1913)
Member for Cobar	6 Dec 1913	21 Feb 1917	3yr(s) 2mth(s) 16day(s)	23rd (1913 - 1917)
Member for Cobar	3 Mar 1917	18 Apr 1918	1yr(s) 1mth(s) 16day(s)	24th (1917 - 1920)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP), Vice President. Member of the central executive in 1913

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Miner and union official. Educated at the Marist Brothers, North Sydney; bursary holder; at eighteen years of age commenced work as a miner at Yerranderie, suffer of phthisis; active unionist, secretary and organiser of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, representative on wage board; joined Universal Service League in 1915

Military Service

Served in Australian Infantry Forces from 1915 until 1916, 17th and 16th Battalions, shellshocked and invalided home, Lance Corporal

Personal

Son of James Fern, gardener, and Elizabeth McIvor, Scottish migrants. Married Ruby May Sorman in 1904 and had issue, 4 daughters. Funeral at Waverley cemetery from St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral.

Additional Information

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